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This
section has one page. Click on the pdf icon at left if you do not have
an activity sheet for this section.
A - What is El Niño?
Click
here to go to the EL
NIÑO DEFINITION site.
- Read the information and answer the following questions:
- Explain what El Niño is.
- What effect does El Niño have on the United States?
- What effect does El Niño have on the western Pacific?
- How are El Niño sea temperatures and weather conditions different from normal conditions?
- What effects are there on Pacific sea life and productivity?
Click
here to go to the EL
NIÑO PICTURE site.
- Using colored pencils, draw what the surface conditions/patterns look like in the Pacific Ocean during a typical El Niño.
B - El Niño Effects
Click
here to go to the EL
NIÑO IMPACTS site.
- In the activity book, write the weather effects El Niño has on the area where you live.
- What difference in the average temperature does El Niño cause where you live?
- What difference in average rainfall does El Niño cause where you live?
